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Status Address Price __
UAG 84 Spencer Street Agawam, MA $179,000
UAG 56 Emerson Road Agawam, MA $189,900
UAG 57 Hastings Street Agawam, $204,900
UAG 34 Corey Street Agawam, MA $225,000
UAG 7 Marla Agawam, MA : $278,000
UAG 15 Allison Lane Agawam, $299,900
UAG 20 Lenox Circle East Longmeadow, $315,000
UAG 59 Lynch Drive Holyoke, MA $169,900
UAG 2 Lynn Ann Drive Holyoke, MA $250,000
UAG 22 Fuller Ludlow, MA $129,900
UAG 124 Woodland Circle Ludlow, MA $369,900
UAG 71 New State Road Montgomery, $210,000
UAG 99 Richview Ave South Hadley, $157,900
UAG 3 Beach Road Southwick, $117,900
UAG 61 Long Pond Rd Tyngsborough, MA $238,500
UAG 31 Sunnyside Street West Springfield, MA $124,900
UAG 131 Queen Avenue West Springfield, MA $169,900
UAG 76 Greystone Ave West Springfield, MA $174,900
UAG 70 Nonotuck Road West Springfield, MA $248,900
UAG 22 Havenhurst Road West Springfield, MA $284,900
UAG 6 Madison Street Westfield, MA $113,000
UAG 7 Springdale Street Westfield, MA $144,900
UAG 46 Western Circle Westfield, MA $169,900
UAG 114 Joseph Avenue Westfield, MA $179,900
UAG 29 Joseph Ave Westfield, MA $183,500
UAG 120 Roosevelt Ave Westfield, MA $183,500
UAG 308 Northwest Road Westfield, $189,500
UAG 95 Honey Pot Road Westfield, $189,700
UAG 63 Robinson Dr Westfield, MA $199,000
UAG 38 Lindbergh Blvd Westfield, MA $199,900
UAG 175 Pontoosic Road Westfield, MA $205,000
UAG 45 Southview Terrace Westfield, MA $224,999
UAG 86 Pine Street Westfield, MA $275,000
UAG 119 Eastwood Dr Westfield, MA $289,900
UAG 83 Pineridge Dr Westfield, MA $374,900
Average Days on Market: 53 Days
Status Address List Price
UAG 80 Damon Road U:2207 Northampton, MA $85,000
UAG 52 Rosewood U:52 Southwick, MA $154,900
UAG 80 Brush Hill Ave. U:71 West Springfield, MA $89,900
UAG 324 Russell Road U:#103 Westfield, MA $59,900
UAG 362 Granville Road U:215 Westfield, MA $147,900
Average Days on Market: 64 Days
Status Address List Price
UAG 57 Northampton St Easthampton, $174,900
UAG 2 Pine Street Huntington, MA $199,000
UAG 23-25 Maple Ave. Northampton, $399,900
UAG 487-489 Kings Highway West Springfield, $149,900
UAG 17 Curtis Street Westfield, MA $99,900
UAG 10 Conner Avenue Westfield, $153,000
UAG 29 Woodmont Street Westfield, MA $172,000
UAG 5 Fowler Street Westfield, $179,900
Average Days on Market: 27 Days
This study gets boiled down into a list of home features with statistics on the level of importance to the buyers. This list can guide you in preparing your home for sale by alerting you to what areas of the home are most important to home buyers. Many home sellers make improvements to their home without considering what their potential buyers may want. This can lead to costly improvements with minimal or no benefit in the sale of the home.
What makes the most sense is to tailor your improvements to you Western MA home towards what today’s home buyer is looking for. For example: 65% of home buyers expressed that central air conditioning is important in the selection of their next home. Having a garage is a big asset as 78% of the buyers in the survey purchased a home with one. Granite countertops were important to 20% of those surveyed and 17% preferred stainless steel appliances, but more important to these buyers was that the kitchen have an eat-in space and new appliances. These are just a sampling of the total results. You can review and download the entire report here:
Home Feature Preferences Edited
You can also listen to an interview on this topic.
If you are considering putting your Western MA home up for sale this spring and want a professional and experienced education on how best to prepare and market your home, give me a call: Lesley Lambert of Park Square Realty 413-575-3611.
Joseph was a carpenter and also the patron saint of home and family in the Roman Catholic religion, which is presumed to be the reason he is now connected with real estate.
Prayer To St. Joseph to Sell House
O, Saint Joseph,
you who taught our Lord
the carpenter’s trade,
and saw to it
that he was always properly housed,
hear my earnest plea.I want you to help me now
as you helped your foster-child Jesus,
and as you have helped many others
in the matter of housing.I wish to sell this [house/property]
quickly, easily, and profitably
and I implore you to grant my wish
by bringing me a good buyer,
one who is
eager, compliant, and honest,
and by letting nothing impede the
rapid conclusion of the sale.Dear Saint Joseph,
I know you would do this for me
out of the goodness of your heart
and in your own good time,
but my need is very great now
and so I must make you hurry
on my behalf.Saint Joseph, I am going to place you
in a difficult position
with your head in darkness
and you will suffer as our Lord suffered,
until this [house/property] is sold.Then, Saint Joseph, i swear
before the cross and God Almighty,
that i will redeem you
and you will receive my gratitude
and a place of honour in my home.Amen.
Many sources, however, state that the homeowner can simply make an earnest and heartfelt plea to the Saint in their own words. There are a lot of options in purchasing a statue of St. Joseph online. I did a quick search on Amazon and found very affordable options.
Now, I am not Catholic myself, but for about $5, I would be willing to give this a try! Have you done this? How did it work for you?
Typically January and February are pretty slow in Western MA home sales as people avoid the nasty weather, but not in 2013! Agents all around Western MA and even the entire country are sharing with me that they are out there running like they can’t remember in recent history.
Well priced listings in desirable areas aren’t lasting very long before getting reasonable and realistic offers, sometimes even multiple offers in a bidding war. Last weekend THREE of my listings had accepted offers and another is expected tomorrow to make four homes for sale under contract in one week.
All of this is great, but there is another side to the situation: not enough inventory. Simply put, we don’t have enough homes on the market to satisfy the buyers who are shopping.
Many home sellers in Western MA think that they should wait for “spring” before they list their home. I have heard so many times that the homeowner feels the home will show better with spring blooms or they feel that there are more buyers in the spring. Here is my answer…don’t wait. Firstly, we have buyers whose wants are not being met RIGHT NOW and secondly, if you follow the logic that all other home sellers are using then you end up with more competition for the same buyers.
Your best chance of getting top dollar for your Western MA home may be right now, BEFORE spring and more importantly, BEFORE all those other homes join the party. There are more buyers with less homes available NOW.
If you are considering putting your Western MA home on the market, I would love to interview for the position of your REALTOR. Give me, Lesley Lambert of Park Square Realty, an opportunity to show you how I differentiate not only myself, but my homes for sale in this real estate market. I am not your “traditional” agent, but rather an agent with 25 years of solid professionalism and experience. Pair that with my love of technology and internet marketing and you really have something to consider.
Don’t wait for spring to get your Western MA home on the market. Let’s get together and get you moving!
